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Just checked status on Monday(10/15), my car has arrived at port of exist n waiting on a boat! Hopefully I can get on 10/20 boat. At mean time, CA called n tell me that when my car gets on a boat it still takes 45 days to arrive at dealership! I was like WTF!!!! 45 more days????? Is it ture?? I live in SF area.

Just checked status on Monday(10/15), my car has arrived at port of exist n waiting on a boat! Hopefully I can get on 10/20 boat. At mean time, CA called n tell me that when my car gets on a boat it still takes 45 days to arrive at dealership! I was like WTF!!!! 45 more days????? Is it ture?? I live in SF area.

26 days on the boat then typically a day to vpc. 3-5 days possibly at vpc then to dealer and then final prep. 45 is the long estimate so you don't pester starting on the 14th when it docks

That would explain the 45 days your CA estimated - from what I've read, they hold your car at the port of exit in SA until they have enough to put on a ship, which then gets transported to Germany and then transferred onto another ship headed to the US.

Just did a search for shipping schedule of WWL ship leaving from SA Durban to Bremerhaven. The latest ship is on 10/28/12. 1 more wk of wait if the shipping info is correct. It's killing me right now~~~~